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contempt [kənˈtempt] N no pl

Usage examples with contempt

to be beneath contempt
не заслу́живать презре́ния
to hold sth/sb in contempt
презира́ть что-ли́бо/кого́-ли́бо

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He copes with his unusual lifestyle by adopting a sardonic sense of humor and a thinly veiled contempt for most of his schoolmates.
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We are happy to idolise our sportspeople, lavishing them with praise, but will show contempt towards those who sing their own praises.
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They treat women with contempt -- like property, like a chess piece.
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Throughout the series, he displays sardonic contempt for authority figures.
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However, contempt may be experienced as a highly visceral emotion similar to disgust, or as cool disregard.
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She is annoyed not so much that she has lost her eye but at the insolent air of independence and contempt it had while looking back at her.
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When massive factory ships of proven contempt arrive in our coastal waters, both the environment and local fisheries lose out.
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In his public debates he oscillates between raffish charm and a finely measured line in contempt.
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She goes on to say that had a "masculine understanding" and contempt for anything that savoured of culture.
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Gossipy neighbors and shop vendors treat them with contempt, fellow tenants complaining that their (already noticeably dilapidated) tenement building has now become filthy.
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